Maine SUD Learning Community Newsletter
2026
In this issue:
In this issue:
- Alane O’Connor, DNP
- SUD Learning Community Journal Club\ Initiating Injectable Buprenorphine Without Withdrawal: Emerging Strategies, Early Outcomes, and Practical Barriers in the Fentanyl Era
- Tim Sample – Finding Peace in the Unknown
2025
In this issue:
- 2025 Me SUD Learning Community Accomplishments
- SUD Learning Community Journal Club\ Evidence-based vaping cessation for teens using the Ex Program
- Alaina Knox -From a moment of Clarity to a life of purpose
In this issue:
- Kristina Beladi, FNP
- SUD Learning Community Journal Club\ Naltrexone (NTX) for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) in Cirrhosis
- Tom Filippini – How Shark Tank’s Biggest Product is Changing Lives On and Off the Table
In this issue:
- Richard A. Rawson, Ph.D
- SUD Learning Community Journal Club\ Digital Interventions for Alcohol Use Disorder: Exploring What Works and Why
- Talking with Teens about Cannabis: A Resource Guide for Service Providers working with Adolescents
In this issue:
- Randy Morrison, MPPM, MPH, CIPPS
- SUD Learning Community Journal Club\ A breathalyzer app that reduced self-reported heavy drinking days in healthy people with moderate alcohol use disorder compared to usual treatment
- Interview series “Expanding the Conversation” Guest Interview
In this issue:
- Lauren Ciszak, MD
- SUD Learning Community Journal Club\ Patients with methamphetamine (MA) use disorder present a treatment challenge
- The new interview series “Expanding the Conversation”
In this issue:
- Stephanie Nichols, PharmD, BCPP, MPH, FCC
- SUD Learning Community Journal Club\ The Ads Have Been Popping Up on Facebook… What’s the Deal with Suboxone and Teeth?
- Register Now: 2025 Conference “Creating Opportunities for Innovation Across the Lifespan”
- The new interview series “Expanding the Conversation”
2024
In this issue:
- Isaac Benowitz, MDMPH | Courtney Pladsen, DNP, FNP-C
- SUD Learning Community Journal Club\ PrEP and HIV Risk Among People Who Inject Drugs: Lessons from the Penobscot Cluster
- HIV & SUD in Maine: How one country’s recent HIV cluster highlights important links between SUD & HIV
- Personal Recovery Story: Worth – Navigating Recovery and Healing | Reilly Harvey
In this issue:
- Amelia Hersey, PA-C
- SUD Learning Community Journal Club\ Initiating MOUD Without Withdrawal: ED Trial of Injectable Buprenorphine (Brixadi) in Patients With Minimal Withdrawal
- Save the Date: 2025 Conference, ” Creating Opportunities for Innovation Across the Lifespan”
- Personal Recovery Story: Radiant in Recovery / Danielle Ward
In this issue:
- Christine Monroe, DO
- SUD Learning Community Journal Club\ Vaping vs. Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy: What the Evidence Shows
- Contingency Management Implementation Toolkit.
- Personal Recovery Story: From Failure to Success; Nikki Curtis
In this issue:
- David Kispert, MD
- SUD Learning Community Journal Club\ When Quitting Fails the First Time: Why It’s Time to Rethink Nicotine Cessation Dosing
- Personal Recovery Story: Transforming Struggles into Service for Sobriety; Geoff Smith
In this issue:
- Amy Langley, FNPC
- SUD Learning Community Journal Club \ADHD Medications and Mortality Risk
- Personal Recovery Story: Sobriety is a Gift that Keeps on Giving; Natasha Osbourne-Howe
In this issue:
- Paul Vinsel, DO
- SUD Learning Community Journal Club\Understanding what a reported reduction in methamphetamine (MA) or cocaine use might mean for people with stimulant use disorder(DO)
- Personal Recovery Story: Stories Restoring Hope: Malerie Lockhart
2023
In this issue:
- Samuela Albert Manages, MD, FAAFP
- SUD Learning Community Journal Club\ Effectiveness of Prazosin in AUD Study
- Personal Recovery Story: Wes Salvucci
In this issue:
- Cole Bridges, OMS III
- SUD Learning Community Journal Club\ Fentanyl Toxicology Testing
- Second Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications
- Personal Recovery Story: Louis Grassi
In this issue:
- Jessika T. Morin, MD
- Personal Recovery Story: Eric Sorenson
In this issue:
- Erik Steele, DO
- SUD Learning Community Journal Club\ OUD related telehealth during the early pandemic reduced death, independent of medication for OUD
- Personal Recovery Story: Lisa Silverman
In this issue:
- SUD Community Journal Club\ Precipitated Withdrawal in the Fentanyl Era: Reassessing Risk Perception Through New Data
- SBIRT and Xylazine Resources
- Personal Recovery Story: Rochelle Grant-Kenney
In this issue:
- Meet the Faculty
- Substance Use Disorder Journal Club\ Naltrexone Revisited: A Closer Look at New Evidence on Alcohol Use
- What is Xylazine?
- Personal Recovery Story: Freddy Petrone
In this issue:
- Kristen Miller, MD
- Substance Use Disorder Journal Club\ Opening the “black box” of organizational coaching for implementation
- Personal Recovery Story: Brinn Flagg
In this issue:
- Lisa Miller, MD
- Substance Use Disorder Journal Club\
Atomoxetine and OROS methylphenidate performed similarly in patients with comorbid major depression and ADHD
- Personal Recovery Story: Becky Peasley
2022
In this issue:
- Gust Stephen Stringos, DO, FAAFP, FASAM
- Personal Recovery Story: Amy Alexander
In this issue:
- Rachel Solotaroff, MD, MCR, FACP
- Reflection on Peer Support Workers
- Personal Recovery Story: Rachel Siegel